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	Acadian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia (located on the northern portion of North America's east coast).
		The flag of the Acadians is the French tricolour with a golden star in the blue field, which symbolizes the Our Lady of the Assumption, patron saint of the Acadians and the "Star of the Sea".
		The flag of Acadians in Louisiana, known as Cajuns, was designed by Thomas J. Arceneaux of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and adopted by the Louisiana legislature as the official emblem of the Acadiana region in 1974.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acadian (1285 words)

	French Language - Acadian Culture in Maine
		French as a mother tongue has dropped among schoolchildren in the Valley by 18% during the five-year period from 1987 to 1991 (Bérubé, 1991a).
		French education, once provided by one or another of the Catholic religious orders, dissolved with the institution of mandatory public education.
		Massignon concluded that the French of the Upper St. John Valley (Maine and New Brunswick) was a mixed, relatively Canadianized speech in comparison to that of surrounding Acadian settlement areas.
	acim.umfk.maine.edu /language.html (1320 words)

	Acadian French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acadian French (le français acadien) is a variety or dialect of French spoken by francophone Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes provinces and the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine.
		Cajun French, a regional dialect spoken in Southern Louisiana in the United States, is a direct descendant of Acadian French.
		Acadian French is descended from the French dialects of Anjou and of Poitou in France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acadian_French (782 words)

	History
		Most Acadians were now British subjects and in fact enjoyed a period of peace and plenty for over three decades continuing to enjoy, for the most part, their Roman Catholic faith, and accommodation with both the English and their French-ruled neighbors.
		French Governor Drucour had 3,000 men and a fort not adequately restored to defend itself; the surrender was on 26 July.
		The Acadians were carried away while back in their homeland the settlements were in ruins, many thousands of head of livestock had been confiscated, dykes destroyed, homes and churches burned.
	pages.prodigy.net /gydvo/webjbdp2c.htm (5746 words)

	West Coast Acadian Francophones: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
		Although the most intense wave of Acadian migration to the west coast of Newfoundland came from Cape Breton Island took place in the 1840s, it is believed that the first Acadians arrived on Newfoundland's west coast between 1760 and 1780 (Butler 28).
		Settlement by the French was illegal under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht, so some may have wanted to conceal their identity by "mixing in" as best they could.
		Despite the fact that the Acadians arrived on the west coast in families, assimilation was not too far off for them either, as the great institutions of school and church, responding to the increasing numbers of English-speaking people in the area, were soon to exert their influence.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /society/acadians.html (1249 words)

	Marshland: Records of Life on the Tantramar
		When French Acadian settlers arrived on the marshes in 1672, they heard the sound of tidal waters rushing up the marsh channels, responding to the 13 meter tidal range of the Bay of Fundy.
		Acadian farmers necessarily devoted much effort to creating and maintaining the dykes that served to protect their fields and pastures.
		For the Acadian settlers, many of whom had been forced to take refuge in the hamlets around Fort Beausejour because of the pressures being exerted on them over their residency in disputed territories, the consequences were drastic.
	www.mta.ca /marshland/topic4_acadians/acadian.htm (660 words)

	Acadian Flag of Louisiana
		The Acadians chose to serve under Galvez, the Governor of Spanish Louisiana, and they actively participated in the battles of Manchac, Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola, which were all very important and decisive victories that contributed to the successful conclusion of the American Revolution.
		Since the Acadians were citizens of Spain at the time of the American Revolution, their star could not appear on the first American flag.
		Thus, the gold star on the Louisiana Acadian Flag serves as a reminder of Louisiana's participation in the American Revolution and the significant contributions of the Louisiana Acadians during the struggle for the beginning of a new nation.
	www.thecajuns.com /acadianflag.html (459 words)

	Acadian History and related Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to tradition, when the Acadians of Annapolis heard that they were to be sent into exile, they brought all their copper and silver coins to the pastor, who lowered the bell from the steeple, filled it with the coins brought by the Acadians and buried it in the ground.
		Fort Beausejour is a star-shaped fort built in the 1750s by the French in the course of their struggle with the British for possession of Acadia.
		To commemorate the survival of the Acadians from 1755 to the present in the Maritimes.
	users.andara.com /~grose/acadianh.html (9299 words)

	ShaBeBe's Place Page 2
		Originally a French colony, Acadian lands were passed back and forth between the French and English several times before the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 turned over the land to England.
		Under the treaty, the Acadians were granted the option of remaining on their land with religious freedom, or leaving Acadia and forfeiting their land.
		But for the great bulk of the Acadians, their homeless wandering had begun and was not to end until many years later, when they established a new Acadia in Southwest Louisiana.
	members.tripod.com /~Shabebe/next.htm (1758 words)

	The Churches of Old Acadia.
		The French Acadians that came to first settle Piziquid came over a ten year period from 1690 to 1700.
		In the analysis, it is worthwhile to consider the information available to us in respect the the growth of the Acadian population levels during the the last half of the 17th century.
		11 The impetus to the eastern movement of the Acadian population, was, undoubtedly, increased due to the invasion of Sir William Phips, in 1690.
	www.blupete.com /Genealogy/Famille.htm (2642 words)

	Foods - Acadian Culture in Maine
		While buckwheat pancakes were once common all over Acadia and French Canada, in the Upper St. John Valley they have become a symbol of local culture on both sides of the international border.
		The one found in the Valley is the Acadian variety, made from fine "yellow" buckwheat flour, while the coarser "gray" buckwheat flour is commonly used in QuÃbec.
		The traditional Acadian potato dumplings known as poutines râpÃes are not found in the area.
	acim.umfk.maine.edu /foods.html (1120 words)

	The Acadian Museum in Erath, Louisiana - About the Museum and its Contents
		Reproductions of Claude Picard’s six historic paintings of the Acadian Odyssey, commissioned by Parks Canada for the Grand Pre Historical Park, which hang in the church at the park.
		These Acadians, under the leadership of Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard, later chartered a ship at Halifax in 1764 and arrived in Louisiana in 1765, the first Acadian families to settle on Spanish land grants in the prairie bayou region of "Attakapas territory" (now south central Louisiana).
		Cotton Acadian flag purchased in 1930 for the 175th anniversary of "Le Grand Derangement" by Oliver Doucet of Woodvale, Nova Scotia.
	www.acadianmuseum.com /museum.html (741 words)

	ABCgenealogy: Ethnic/French
		Acadian Cultural Society - The Acadian Cultural Society is devoted to the study, preservation and promotion of Acadian heritage and genealogy among individuals of Acadian descent, and serves as a resource for the exchange of Acadian information.
		New France, the French colony in North America, is considered in its entirety, geographically (Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland, the Great Lakes region, and Louisiana), as well as during its whole existence, from the start of the 16th century to the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
		Acadians in Nova Scotia invite their cousins from all parts of the world to meet on the ancestral lands in 2004.
	www.abcgenealogy.com /Ethnic/French (941 words)

	SKYLARK'S ACADIAN HOMELAND PAGE
		In the 10 years, the French government took up arms against the Protestants at least eight different times, and thousands of them were put to death.
		The French leader of the Camisards, Jean Cavalier; fought for the Duke of Savoy.
		The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 gave the land to the British, and as they took possession, 10,000 Acadians were rounded up, their lands confiscated, homes and barns burned, by the British.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/skylark3/page80.html (2409 words)

	Acadian Story, k-12 outreach, Canadian-American Center
		At the first Acadian Convention in 1881, the delegates wanted to establish some kind of national Acadian identity, so they decided to choose a patron saint to reflect their unity through the Catholic religion.
		They chose the French tri-colored flag, symbolizing allegiance with their country of origin, and added a gold star in the middle of the color blue, representing the star of the Virgin Mary, and the star of the sea, which guides sailors, and now guides the Acadians, through stormy seas.
		When the first Acadian flag was raised at the Second Convention, the participants spontaneously began to sing the hymn, "Ave Maris Stella," Hail Thou Star of the Ocean, a hymn dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
	www.umaine.edu /canam/acadianstory/mainframech5.htm (1488 words)

	Quintin Publications \| Acadian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is the first study to connect the Acadian experience with the heritage of ideas the migrants brought with them from Europe - of the Acadian community, and the ways in which the Acadians differed from the people of New England and New France.
		Griffiths examines the implications of this deportation for the survival of the Acadian community.
		Particular attention is given to the period of the French Regime, Expulsion Period and the Transitional period of return after the Expulsion.
	www.quintinpublications.com /acadianhistory.html (721 words)

	Peter Viney: Acadian Driftwood
		Some time after this, war having again broken out between the British and French in Canada, the Acadians were accused of having assisted the French, from whom they were descended and connected by many ties of friendship, with provisions and ammunition at the siege of Beau Séjour.
		The oath of allegiance and the subsequent tragic expulsions of Acadians took place in 1755 and 1758, while there are references in the song to "what went down on the the Plains of Abraham" [9] where the British General James Wolfe defeated the French under The Marquis de Montcalm in 1759.
		Acadian Driftwood is a bow to the Band members' Canadian heritage, a grand exposition of history that bears comparison, in both its execution and its impact to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...
	theband.hiof.no /articles/acadian_driftwood_viney.html (7596 words)

	Link-O-Mania - Acadian, Cajun & Creole
		Four were soldiers, whose wives were Acadians while the fifth was the widow of a minor official of Acadia, and the sixth a Port Captain.
		Not only will it unite Acadians from all over the world it is also the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first French settlers in Canada.
		One of the effects that the publication of Evangeline was that it challenged traditional notions of the role of the British in the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755.
	www.link-o-mania.com /main/acadian.htm (1106 words)

	ACADIAN - CAJUN Genealogy & History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This summer marks the 250th anniversary of the 1755 Explusion of Acadians from their homeland.
		It also includes maps of lands related to the Acadians and their travels...
		Finally, the publication of the last remaining Acadian records...
	www.acadian-cajun.com (389 words)

	Acadian Cultural Society - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This brief history of the the Acadian People was originally published as a newspaper article.
		A collection of short essays on the origin of the Acadian people and Acadian life prior to and after the deportation.
		History of the Great Acadian Conventions since 1881, forerunners of the present Congrès Mondial Acadien, held twice since the 1990s and to be held again in 2004 in Nova Scotia.
	www.acadiancultural.org /history.htm (389 words)

	French
		Variation in the spoken French of immersion students: To ne or not to ne, that is the sociolinguistic question.
		Thomas, G. The French Spoken on the Port-au-Port Peninsula of Newfoundland.
		Péronnet, L. “ The situation of French language in Acadia ” in Acadia of the Maritimes.
	www.unh.edu /linguistics/courses/790CS/CS_readings/French_readings.htm (2533 words)

	American-French Genealogical Society: Links
		French Canadian-Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin -- Founded in 1982, the FCGW fosters and encourages interest and research in French Canadian and Acadian genealogy, heritage and culture.
		Acadian Genealogy Homepage -- The FIRST (1991) the Acadian-Cajun resource site on the internet, providing visitors information of available "specific family" genealogy CD-ROMs, a graphic image of your own Family Crest and tons of Acadian-Cajun historical text information.
		French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon Census -- List of French Canadians in Oregon census of 1842, often ignored or left out of contemporary listings.
	www.afgs.org /genepges.html (2681 words)

	French Heritage DNA Project Home page
		Females born with French surnames and those males with maternal French lines will be able to accomplish this by enlisting the cooperation of their male relatives who carry the subject name.
		Be one of the first with your surname to honor your French heritage and ensure your legacy for generations to come.
		We also encourage our French Heritage female descendants to submit their mtDNA test results.As the mtDNA test involves your maternal line, the only requirement for joining is that you have a French immigrant ancestor in your maternal line and that you send us your listing of ascent back to that immigrant female.
	www.frenchdna.org (1921 words)

	Acadian Story, k-12 outreach, Canadian-American Center
		une échelle = a ladder in standard French, but in Acadian French, it continues to be used for staircase, which in standard French is l’escalier.
		les vitres = the windows; in standard French, les vitres are the actual window panes, or the windows in a car or train, and les fenêtres are the windows of a house.
		The Acadian were successful farmers partly because they used a totally new method to create a very rich soil.
	www.umaine.edu /canam/acadianstory/contentsch3.htm (217 words)

	Genealogy - Acadian and French Canadian
		Acadians are descendants of the French settlers of Nova Scotia in the early 17th century.
		Descendancies are provided for six Acadian ancestors: Antoine Babin, Raymond Bourdages, Pierre-Alain Bujold, Antoine and Étienne Hébert and Jehan Poirier, with an additional page for the Gaspésian descendants of Jehan's great-grandson Pierre Poirier.
		This includes Acadians who lived in the Gaspé after the Dispersion of 1755, and intermarried (although to a limited extent) with French-Canadians descended from the settlers of the Québec City region.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/lwjones (1038 words)

	Acadian and French Canadian Music - CanEHdian.com
		French-Canadian music is, foremost, a way to express the French Canadian culture.
		We hope that this web site will give you the chance to discover new artists, to familiarize yourself to the French canadian music, but most of all to appreciate it.
		This comprehensive list of French-Canadian and Acadian artists could not have been made possible without the help of a very special person: Isabelle Prince.
	www.canehdian.com /genre/french.html (317 words)

	TERRIOT ACADIAN FAMILY: Acadian, Cajun music
		Some of these songs are of French origin, that is, songs brought over from France by our progenitors nearly 400 years ago from the northwestern provinces of France (ie, Poitou and Brittany) in the case of Acadians, or from the northern provinces of France (ie, Normandy) in the case of the French-Canadian songs.
		Other songs are Acadian, Cajun or French-Canadian in origin, that is, they were composed by the early settlers of Acadia and New France during the period of the early settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries and later in Louisiana.
		In 1956, at the age of 30, he was invited by the Library of Congress to record his recollections of the old Cajun folk songs that had been taught to him by his grandfather, Laudis Broussard and grandmother Elise (Vincent) Broussard in Vermillion Parish, Louisiana.
	www.terriau.org /music.htm (1442 words)

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